Words in the Wild: The sensor picked up the sound of the students returning to the common room and the whispered conversation passing between them. “Ack! I forgot my copy of The Amber Spyglass in the chapel and brought this censer back here by mistake,” said Martin. “Uh-oh,” Garnet replied, “that book’s been censored! You’d better go make the switch before you’re censured by the headmaster.”

The contributor of the photo of the frowning man is rutty.The photo is copyrighted but also licenced for further reuse.

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